In the current issue of the Poultry Press (Winter Spring
2007-2008), veterinarian Dr. Holly Cheever says:

“As we observed our small flock of chickens over the years, we saw
affections and loyalties and problem solving behaviors and even
trickery, and of course we saw the extraordinary maternal behavior of
hens raising their chicks. I say this only to point out that poultry
are not as non-sentient or insensate as we mammals, who cannot read
their expressions, might think.”

“We should give all animals the benefit of the doubt that they are
fully sentient, even if our senses are too dull to appreciate fully
their intelligence.”

How true! The Poultry Press is an excellent publication of United
Poultry Concerns, Inc. The above quotations appear in an article titled
“Cognitive Blindness in Human Perception of Chickens and Other Birds” by
Holly Cheever, DVM. We are so glad that there are others who have come
to the same conclusions concerning nonhuman animals as we have.

"Joyful Curmudgeon"
An oxymoron?
No! I see all the beauty of God's creation and I'm joyful. At the
same time, I see all the suffering and corruption going on in the
world, and feel called to help expose and end it so that we may have true
peace and compassion.